CG wins key order for German wind farm project

January 11, 2012 10:48 am

CG has bagged a turnkey contract from Amrumbank West GmbH (AWG) for its German wind farm project. AWG is a 100 per cent subsidiary of E.ON Climate & Renewables Central Europe GmbH. The offshore substation will transform the voltage to 155 kV and transmit power of approximately 300 MW to the electricity grid, operated by Tennet TSO GmbH, and connected to the HelWin 2 offshore HVDC platform. The wind farm counts 80 multi-megawatt windturbines and is located 40 km offshore in the North Sea, 30 km north of the island Helgoland.